Tools

[jimruffi at gmail.com (Jim Ruffi)]

Good info.
Does anyone have a tie rod end separator that fits these cars well?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Spewey [mailto:spewey@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:52 PM
>To: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Tools
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>I read the list but not very carefully and I saw you were talking about 
>tools earlier and what to call them and where to get them.  The main 
>places that carry jillions of official VW tools are sam's and ass's:
>http://www.samstagsales.com/
>http://www.asttool.com/
>
>These websites also allow you to hit up your local Matco or Snap-on 
>truck with a proper tool number.  A Hazet 990Lg-8?  That's a VW CV tool. 
>  Triple square XZN.  Just ask the farmer at the feedstore when the 
>truck comes by and wait.  Climb aboard and hit the guy up for your tool. 
>  For something like that, they'll have an equivalent.  Some of the 
>fancier stuff they may be able to get for you next time.  It's fun to 
>plan ahead.  They have websites, too.  You can search for VW there:
>http://www.matcotools.com/
>http://www.snapon.com/
>
>NAPA or other jobber FLAPS may be able to work from those #s as well. 
>On the phone even.  But sometimes it is nice to own the proper tool. 
> From Germany.  Those toilet clamps work so sweet.  The holes on the 
>tips add leverage, it just comes off.  If they made the toilets from 
>space-age material with more flow they might be great.  Of course you 
>can pop them off with a crowbar, but putting them on means your eyes are 
>at least as close as your hands need to be and you don't want that in a 
>toilet.
>
>You do a lot of driveshafts?  Your off-the shelf Lisle socket bit got 
>silver showing on the edges?  That's because the bolt gave then then the 
>tool squished before it let go.  The Hazet bit may be $26 but it will 
>not do this.  It will make your car zing.  I do not have one, I traded 
>it for a rusty pitchfork in my cat's eye.  But they are nice.  You go 
>buy them now.
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